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By FRANCIS A. BOYLE
The obliteration of Fallujah continues apace. Article 6(b) of the 1945 Nuremberg Charter defines a Nuremberg War Crime in relevant part as the ". . . wanton destruction of cities, towns or villages. . ." According to this definitive definition, the Bush Jr. administration’s destruction of Fallujah constitutes a war crime for which Nazis were tried and executed. There is nothing surprising about that.
Since the Bush Jr. administration’s installation in power by the (…)

By Mark Jurkowitz
Two weeks after Election Day, explosive allegations about a media coverup are percolating.
There’s the widely circulated e-mail about a CBS producer who complained that a news industry "lock-down" has prevented journalists from investigating voting problems that cropped up on Nov 2. There’s the rumor that MSNBC host Keith Olbermann, who has devoted serious air time to discussing Election Day irregularities, was fired for broaching the topic. There’s the assertion by Bev (…)

By Jane Stillwater
Americans were fascinated by the trial of Scott Peterson. And if they liked the trial of the alleged murderer of just ONE pregnant woman, imagine how much America will love the trial of George Bush, a man who is responsible for the murder of possibly THOUSANDS of pregnant women!
Was Laci shot, strangled or drowned? Did she suffer before she died? And what about her unborn child? We may never know for sure but you can imagine that she did. But what we DO know is that (…)

Received this via email last night and I thought with all that’s going on, some people might want to take a little break and take this quiz. I found it revealing and thought-provoking. Maybe others will too. I hope I formatted it correctly. Subject: Very interesting.......
2 TOUGH QUESTIONS
Question 1:
If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids already, three who were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally retarded, two who were normal and she had syphilis, would you (…)

by Greg Guma
The Internet, that wonderful engine of democracy, is rife with messages purporting to demonstrate how the U.S. presidential election results were manipulated in ways benefiting the Republicans.
To start, voting analyses of selected Florida and Ohio precincts conducted by the University of Pennsylvania’s Steven Freeman and independent investigator Faun Otter have revealed surprisingly high percentages for Bush. Those skeptical about the results further suggest spoiled ballots (…)

by Ivan Eland
It has now become apparent why Porter Goss, a politician, was named to head the CIA in an administration that already has been accused of politicizing intelligence during the Iraq war: to settle old scores. Many intelligence personnel have leaked embarrassing-and accurate-information to the media about the Bush administration’s missteps in Iraq. Now it’s payback time from the White House.
According to a Newsday article that quotes a former senior CIA official who has close (…)

By Nathan Guttman
During Colin Powell’s tenure as secretary of state, the adage that U.S.-Israel relations are managed by the White House and the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, with the secretary of state and foreign minister playing purely secondary roles, became even more firmly entrenched. Powell met with Israeli officials and was sent on missions to the region, but the Israeli file was always in the hands of President George W. Bush and National Security Advisor Condoleezza (…)

Ala Barham slumps in his hospital bed and stares blankly into the air in front of him.
Twelve years old and still deeply in shock, he can barely speak.
Ala’s family had fled the Iraqi city of Falluja before last Monday’s all-out offensive began. He was happily playing with his brother in the garden of their uncle’s house in a village outside the city. Then the rocket hit.
"My uncle died. They took us to hospital," he mumbles, speaking in little more than a whisper.
His brother lies (…)

The Iraqi Interim prime minister Eyad Allawi alleged that he does not believe that there are civilians who were killed in the attack which resulted in killing 38 America soldiers and 6 Iraqi soldiers and more than 1200 gunmen. However, statements of witnesses contradicted with his statements.
Members of an Iraqi relief committee told the Qatari al-Jazeera TV that he saw 22 bodies buried under the remains in one of Golan Quarters streets in the north of Falluja on Sunday. Muhammad Farhan (…)

By Caroline Wyatt
In France, 12 people have gone on trial for running a phone-tapping operation used by the late President Francois Mitterrand to monitor his opponents.
The defendants were almost all civil servants and they include current Renault chief Louis Schweitzer.
The case has taken 22 years to come to court, because of state secrecy orders that prevented the judge gaining access to key documents.
It has been described as France’s own Watergate scandal.
All the defendants in (…)